Kony 2012? Critics Alarmed by Aid Group's Call for Foreign Intervention
March 12, 2012 Aid group Invisible Children released a slick and emotive campaign video last week titled Kony 2012. The video went viral in a short amount of time reaching 70m hits in one week helping the organization to raise $5m within 48 hours.
The video profiles Joseph Kony, a Ugandan rebel leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, as the world's number one warlord, requesting global action to 'stop Kony' at any cost -- primarily by way of US military intervention.
The massive campaign includes celebrity endorsers such as George Clooney and P.Diddy and a wide array of campaign products including 'stop Kony' iPad covers, bracelettes, and posters; however, as the global hysteria against Kony has grown louder, many have begun to criticize Invisible Children's intentions and approach, citing its efficient yet inaccurate campaign as deceitful at worst and 'white-savior-industrial-complex' propaganda at best.
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